theres proxitok but idk if its what you want

Not sure if this counts as an alternative but getting off tiktok, all that mindless scrolling is sucking your life away.

Loops?

(Worse that there don't exist any front-end viable for Facebook/Meta)

Generated answer from Andi

Yes, there are several privacy-focused alternative TikTok frontends:

ProxiTok is the main open-source alternative frontend for TikTok[^1]. It allows you to:

• Watch TikTok videos without connecting to TikTok servers
• Create following lists to track specific users
• Access RSS feeds for users and trending content
• Browse without ads or tracking

StickTock is another privacy frontend that lets you watch TikTok content by replacing "tiktok.com" with "sticktock.com" in any video URL[^2]. It offers both clearnet and Tor onion addresses.

Offtiktok provides similar functionality by adding "off" before "tiktok" in URLs[^3]. It includes a minimalist feed for watching recommended videos without ads or geo-restrictions.

All these frontends are:

• Free and open-source
• Self-hostable
• Privacy-focused (requests go through their servers instead of directly to TikTok)
• Ad-free [^1]: ProxiTok - GitHub [^2]: StickTock: A New Open-Source Privacy Frontend for TikTok [^3]: GitHub - MarsHeer/offtiktok